No, this isn't my Lost theory...

But it is wicked cool to see that most of the science in Lost stands up to real-life scrutiny (the sat phone being a significant exception). Turns out that Popular Mechanics goes through each episode and and fact-checks all the scientific stuff.

And just because they needed another venue to promote Lost's return, Darlton gave an interview to PM that revealed a few tidbits, and the accompanying article hinted at a few interesting plot developments that are way too academic for me...

The creators did let slip that the rest of this season will revolve around some
very real—and very big—physics: the Large Hadron Collider, the much delayed European particle accelerator that could reveal information about the Higgs boson and dark energy. Some physicists believe the LHC will produce mini black holes, which might actually be able to open a one-way portal to another universe—a gateway that can only be kept open by a force of energy as strong as Jupiter ... or an electromagnet inside a desert island.

And . . .

Michio Kaku, author of Physics of the Impossible, thinks the Lost creators are using
cutting-edge science to lay the groundwork for a transversible wormhole to another point in space and time—a trip foreshadowed in an off-season video about the so-called Orchid station, which Lindelhof and Cuse promised would be a key to the next few episodes. "They're amping up the energy to the point where space and time begin to tear, and the fabric begins to rip," Kaku tells PM. "When the fabric of space and time begin to rip, things that we consider impossible become possible again."

Yeah, what he said.

And sorry, boss, but Lindelof says that Smokey is not made up of nanobots.

The Nunchuck of Death

So, sorry for my lateness on this post, I was busy meeting the Flight of the Conchords, so my excuse for not watching on Thursday night is rock-solid.

Ok, but seriously, that episode proceeded to give my brain a fervent beating. The sort of beating doled out by someone with super speed, that blindsides you and leaves you wondering what just happened and why your adrenaline is spurting out through your eye sockets! That is all to say, I liked it.

Mostly, I liked Ben's futuristic swiss army knife, his all-in-one deadly weapon with time traveling capabilities. Very scary. Here's a question for you, why hasn't he pulled this little fella out on the island? He's been in many a compromising position. One of two things are possible here (well maybe three) 1. He hasn't busted out his WMD because he's always right where he wants to be, even when he's bloodied and beaten, they're all just playing into his game. 2. He doesn't have it yet. 3. He can't use it on the island.

One line that got me really excited and interested was when the boys were playing Risk and (correct me if I'm wrong) Hurley says "It's all about Australia", something like that. A clue perhaps? It was pretty obvious.

So much happened, so here comes a bulleted list of things I can remember, that are full-on discussion-worthy. (I kind of love hyphenated words and phrases.)

• Ben waking up in the middle O' Tunisia (AKA When CS Lewis found her polar bear remains). Time travel, perhaps just teleporting. Who knows?
• Someone killed Sayid's beloved. Why? Who? What's going on?
• Ben and Widmore having a nightcap? Uhh, last time I checked they were opposing forces in a very expensive and long-standing war. So there they are exchanging words, un-armed, and apparently unable to kill each other. Is there some crazy grandfather paradoxing goin' on?
• Penny? Ben's going to kill Penny? Doesn't he know how much we love her love story? Doesn't he care? Daddy?
• Alex… but we liked Alex. She had a rough life. Evil genius adoptive father, crazy island mother she never knew who was incidentally just murdered, and Carl, the only one she could trust, also mudered. The last thing she heard her dad say was that she was just a pawn? Tragic much?
• Answers: We now know a bit more regarding Sayid's agreement to fulfill the evil bidding of Ben.
• Jack's appendix. I like it when they throw in real-life difficulty. He didn't get taken down by smokey, or eat some bad boar. Just good old fashioned appendicitis. Is there a doctor in the house… oh, sore subject.
• Smokey done lost his marbles. So Ben has some control over him eh? Who knew? In that case, why did he want Eko dead? Did he send smokey to capture images of Juliet (his spy) and Kate in the jungle? For the love of things I don't understand! I want some answers about this thing!
• Lastly, I don't know if we've seen Ben physically overcoming people before, but we can see who taught Juliet, huh?
  

A Word from Pastor Paul…

Ok- lets start talking about dates?
Benjamin lands in the desert with his little death stick in 2005, and meets
Sayid at his wife’s funeral, who he had found after searching for her for 8
years? That would be after the rescue right
I’m “lost”, has there been any other date references?

And I think the answer to the smoke monster can be found in Michael
Crichton’s book “Prey”. It’s a Nano technology swarm baby!

Mother of the Island

Well, according to our stellar predicting abilities, our dear, dear, darling Claire doesn't have much hope.

I'm assuming our knowledge of Kate as Aaron's "mommy", leads us all to agree, the islands only real mother (well, besides Rousseau, who is 99% surely dead), Claire, is well, fish biscuits.

After all, we couldn't let Claire live, and be a good parent, because good parents are not allowed on lost. Think about it.

Upcoming: The Shape of Things to Come

Despite the old saying "time flies when you're having fun", time has flown, even though we've all been wandering aimlessly in a vortex of fun-free sorrow without our beloved LOST.

Only 3 days until…

The Shape of Things to Come
Thu April 24 10/9c
Locke's camp comes under attack, and Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore.
Perhaps you've stumbled across the preview on ABC where buff guy from the freighter is holding a gun to Alex's head and she looks at Ben and says "Daddy!"… Heartwarming, will he be Ben and let her die, or will give us all a run for our money and show some of that big heart of his? preview at ABC.com

Get Lost…

ABC just launched a new portion of their Lost site "cleverly" titled "Lostscape" (Prepare for tangent: Cleverly appears here in quotations as there is nothing clever about the made-up word "Lostscape", if you're going to make up a word and use it to title a facet of your wildly popular television series, take some time to be clever. I mean, how many creatives are you shelling out megabucks to, ABC? Give me a break! "Lostscape" is SO not "lawstsome").

OK, well, anywhoodles, as far as I can tell this new site is a drawn-out way of getting you to enter a sweepstakes where you will win two tickets to paradise… paradise for nerds, Comicon. Oh, and preferred seating at the Lost panel discussion as well as a meet and greet with some of the cast and execs. Worth a shot, I suppose? What out for the "crazy" Dharma Alerts (brought to you by Dodge, WTH?) that will jump out in your face with their forced sweepstakiness (yeah, that's not a word, and I used it).

Really, the most newsworthy thing to me is the site design, they re-created all that is Lost in an almost 2-d, clipped-out collage world. Definitely worth checking it out for that, if for nothing else.

Finale Extravaganza

What qualifies an episode to receive the beloved moniker, "Finale"? Is it the rate of shocks per minute, or the massive, life-altering, mind-blowing, game-changing twist, or perhaps the cliff hanger that you would literally jump of a cliff to view the next 5 minutes of film for?

Who knows? I don't. I hope it is all of the above, because if it is, friends, we are in for 3 solid hours of elevated blood pressure come May.

I think the good people at Lost really do love us. Instead of the scant 5 post-WGA-strike episodes we thought we were getting, we're now being blessed with 3 episodes, a one-hour (part 1) finale, and two weeks later a hearty 2 hour (part 2) finale.

For those of you challenged in the math department, that means we're getting 6 hours of mouth-watering, tear-jerking, heart-warming, brain-incinerating Lost, instead of the previously-believed 5 hours.

The public outcry of disdain for ABC and their initial plan of giving Grey's (who cares) Anatomy a two-hour finale and pushing the tail-end of our beloved Lost into 2 one hour season finales has been heard.

It must be a serious finale too, because while the remaining episodes are airing consecutively (one per week) the one-hour and two-hour finales are separated by two weeks. I suppose we'll need that time to lower our collective blood pressure to a safe level and then get all riled up again.

Here's the official breakdown of the remainder of season 4.
Episode 4.09 - 24th April 10pm-11pm
Episode 4.10 - 1st May 10pm-11pm
Episode 4.11 - 8th May 10pm-11pm
Episode 4.12 - 15th May (Finale Part 1) 10pm-11pm
Episode 4.13 - 29th May (Finale Part 2 and 3) 9pm-11pm

April Fools

They didn't get fined 5 mil. Although I've seen the transcripts of some of those recorded whispers and there are totally FCC violations. I guess they're safe, since they're the greatest show ever?

FCC Cites ABC $5M for Profanity for Lost "Whispers"

Woah, this doesn't look good for Darlton…

04/01/08 - ABC was hit Monday with a record $5M indecency fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for improper language in two recent episodes of the hit television drama Lost. The proposed fines, which include $7000 fines against each ABC local affiliate, underscore the FCC’s efforts to enforce the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005. ABC press officer Jeff Fordis released a statement reading that ABC believes the decision to be “capricious, arbitrary and not numerically consistent with fines for past alleged infractions, as well as an irresponsible action in light of the recent and ongoing appeals process regarding the federal government’s decency campaign currently in the Supreme Court.”

Read the Rest…